Side Hustle Spark 263: A 90-second tour of wpbeginner.com
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Figured I would follow up Side Hustle Spark 262 with a quick overview of wpbeginner.com.
Side Hustle Spark 262: wpbeginner.com–a treasury of knowledge and resources
Syed Balkhi’s resource-filled wpbeginner website is a testament to his inside-and-out knowledge of WordPress.
A few of his more recent posts:
— How to Increase Ad Impressions in WordPress with Ad Refresh (2 Ways) He credits Buzzfeed with this technique.
— How to Split WordPress Posts into Multiple Pages (Post Pagination)
— How to Start a WordPress Blog the RIGHT WAY in 7 Easy Steps (2021)
Experienced and novice WordPress users alike will benefit from a ten-minute visit here.
Keep plugging!
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Side Hustle Spark 249: High Ticket Affiliate Summit
May 3-7, 2021
30 high ticket experts, including
- Ryan Levesque
- Jordan Harbinger
- Jason Fladlien
- Todd Snively
- Laura Betterly
- Devon Brown
- Chris Baden
- Daven Michaels
- Derek Doepker
- Matt McWilliams
Sample topics:
- How to add revenue to your book without creating something new
- Booking celebrities on your podcast
- Why higher prices equals better customers
- Creating deal structures that make you 10x more money
- The Simple Secrets To Selling Your Products Without Being Salesy
Here is the link to the free ticket.
Here is the link to the schedule.
There are offers for a $67 Premium Pass and a $97 High Ticket Power Pack.
This is where ‘Hey, a few valuable tips could easily pay for the added cost’ reflex kicks in…
But for now, I just wanted to point you to some potentially helpful stuff.
Forge ahead, side hustlers!
And now, time for my book recommendations…
These seven titles are go-to sources of inspiration and valued experience. These are affiliate links which, if you use to preview and buy the product, won’t raise the product’s price and will earn me a commission. At that point, I’ll be that much closer to buying that unclaimed island in the Caribbean. Please don’t ask for the island’s coordinates. It is mine and you can’t have it. ;->
- Keep Going (Austin Kleon) Perfect kick in the pants for when you’re stuck.
- Show Your Work (Austin Kleon) The world is waiting for your stuff, even if it’s not (especially if it’s not) perfect.
- Side Hustle: Idea to Income in 27 Days (Chris Guillebeau) One of the first, and most reliable, ‘bibles’ for this niche.
- Atomic Habits (James Clear) This guy makes so much sense, even if he was spitballin’, but he backs it up with research as well. In other words, don’t even try to counter with any ‘yeah-buttals’.
- Poke the Box (Seth Godin) The message of this book: Get started. And keep the mindset throughout.
- The War of Art (Steven Pressfield) I love the formats of both of Pressfield’s books in this list. Some pages are only a paragraph long (perfect for my attention span). But this message is: I’ve made my point. And I’m moving on. And his main point? Resistance is pervasive and powerful and destructive to our dreams. But it can be defeated…but usually just one day, or one hour, at a time. Steven Pressfield’s books guide us through these same battles.
- Turning Pro (Steven Pressfield)
This list cuts across so many lines of productivity and accomplishment. Whether you use my links or go elsewhere, get your hands on these.
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Side Hustle Spark 240: A video-cruise of Pinterest for winning ideas
Click the image above for a 90-seconds of idea-shopping in Pinterest…
Why watch the video?
- Snappy words/phrases that speak to you or your customers
- Product/service ideas you hadn’t considered
- New customers
- New websites/resources you hadn’t considered
- Pinterest pin design strategies
- A reminder to use Pinterest for the occasional brainstorming exercise
and some of the listings may actually affirm a strategy or product line you’ve already followed/created.
Nothing wrong with a little reassurance, right?
So pause this masterpiece where needed.
I hope this steers you to something new, profitable, or reassuring.
For a subject-by-subject look at sidehustlecurator,
check out my Posts Organized by Topic page.
Forge ahead, side hustlers!
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Side Hustle Spark 231: Repost–Women Create 2021: March 23-25 (FREE)
Nope, no commissions or affiliation here, just a recommendation.
It’s not too late. You’re still able to sign up. [I just tested the page again.]
And really, tons of value for women OR men.
Some of the topics so far:
- 5 Types of 15-Second Videos to Sell More Courses
- How to Get Your First 3 Coaching Clients
- Passion to Paid: How to Turn Your Creativity Into a Career
Here is Teachable’s invitation to Women Create 2021…
There are over 12 million women-owned businesses in the U.S. Why can’t you be next? Introducing #WomenCreate2021—a FREE, three-day online summit that’s been built to uplift women in entrepreneurship.
Register here: https://bit.ly/3ctS1GE
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Side Hustle Spark 220.5: Women Create 2021: March 23-25 (FREE)
Just thought I’d share this ASAP.
Here is Teachable’s invitation to Women Create 2021…
There are over 12 million women-owned businesses in the U.S. Why can’t you be next? Introducing #WomenCreate2021—a FREE, three-day online summit that’s been built to uplift women in entrepreneurship. Register here: https://bit.ly/3ctS1GE
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Side Hustle Spark 172: Practice, practice, practice…
In his blog this week, Austin Kleon, author the three books Keep Going, Show Your Work, and Steal Like An Artist, challenges his readers: In order to suck less, practice. [Time out for soapbox time: This guy ranks as one of my three favorite authors–the advice is enduring and invaluable and the format is so accessible. More on him in future posts.]
Okayyyy, so what should you practice?
Here are a few ideas, courtesy of entrepreneur.com. But by all means, look outside your hustle, as well.
This little extra motivation can pay off in big ways. And hey, why not get your kids involved?
More details here. Links to his PDFs are below.
And. if you’re interested, here are copies of mine…
And now, time for book recommendations…or shameless commercialism…or both. Okay, there are definitely book recommendations…
These seven books are go-to sources of inspiration and valued experience. These are affiliate links which, if you use to preview and buy the product, won’t raise the product’s price and will earn me a commission. At that point, I’ll be that much closer to buying that unclaimed island in the Caribbean. Please don’t ask for the island’s coordinates. It is mine and you can’t have it. ;->
- Keep Going (Austin Kleon)
- Show Your Work (Austin Kleon)
- Side Hustle: Idea to Income in 27 Days (Chris Guillebeau)
- Atomic Habits (James Clear)
- Poke the Box (Seth Godin)
- The War of Art (Steven Pressfield)
- Turning Pro (Steven Pressfield)
These books cut across so many lines of productivity and accomplishment. Whether you use these links or go elsewhere, get your hands on these.
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Side Hustle Spark 162: Ross Simmonds and repurposing one blog post
Ross calls it his content marketing remix.
This post answers the following questions:
- What is a content distribution strategy?
- What is a content marketing remix?
- How do you know what’s worth remixing?
While we’re at it, let’s revisit some of his other good stuff…
Happy holidays to sidehustlecurator visitors.
Thanks for reading.
Wishing you a seriously great 2021.
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Side Hustle Spark 159 — A Lessons Gold Mine from Side Hustle School
The graphic above offers just a sampler of the 36 lessons and 2 review sessions you will find at Side Hustle School’s Classroom Page. More to come, I’m pretty sure.
Each lesson consists of a detailed lesson summary and a link to the corresponding podcast episode.
At the risk of sounding not so eloquent, great stuff. As I’ve also noted about Copyblogger’s content, this is a book-on-a-page.
Keep grinding. You never know what sparks might develop!
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Side Hustle Spark 157: $300 in 21 Ways (Brooks Conkle)
Yesterday, I posted a video reviewing a StartupNation post by Brooks Conkle.
The video promised a follow-up on Brooks’ $300 in 21 Ways post on his own website.
And here is that post, including his YouTube video version.
Side note: I had created a short video steering viewers to the post with a few highlights…and I saw how really non-helpful it was, compared to just directing you to the post-and-video, so I tossed it.
Bottom line lesson for me: Don’t waste visitors’ time.
Lesson 2: Good idea to curate/rethink my own work.
Hope you see progress today.
Forge ahead.
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